I saw this advertised in Gumtree. Interesting set-up.
If you wish to buy this bike contact g.hincapie@asda-bso.com
Fell out of the gumtree
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 09:00
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mark1212123 3 hours ago
I don't know what others think but I thought it was a mistake to cancel the event. I live in one of the areas they cycle though and it didn't seem to bad. Even the few accounts I have watched didn't show cancelling weather, waiting under a tree maybe.
ChrisA 7 hours ago
@chrisonabike exactly, words are cheap. They can safely bang the drum knowing that little will or can be done. OK, some things could be done, but the chance of nobody cocking something up . . ? Realist or pessimist, take your pick; but still optimistic enough to hope that things will work out :-)
chrisonabike 7 hours ago
@ChrisA isn't this story more along the lines of "tobacco company is demanding government crackdown on nasty rolling papers and dangerous pipes?" Silly of me! How could there be any conflict between and "improving things for their ... definitely not employees ... and the public at large" and these companies' entire business model...?
ChrisA 10 hours ago
"Deliveroo has announced a crackdown on modified and ‘dangerous’ e-bikes . . . . . company is calling on the Government to prohibit the sale of unsafe e-bike conversion kits." Really? Do they not know how difficult it is to legislate for such things, the politicians inability to understand details, the competence of the DoJ in drafting such legislation and what seems to be a widespread disregard of those rules; not to mention the total lack of enforcement. Just saying.
Rendel Harris 12 hours ago
@Nigel Garage The Mercedes driver drove through the light three seconds after it turned amber. Official government text: "AMBER means STOP. You may go on only if the amber appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident." Three seconds is more than enough time to stop safely at the speed the Mercedes was going so the driver was breaking the law and therefore committing a prosecutable offence. Deliberately putting others at risk and breaking the law is not "acceptable" and if you saw a cyclist running a red in those circumstances you would rightly condemn it. Is there anything you can't be completely wrong about?
captain_slog 1 day ago
I see quite a few MAAP items out in the Surrey Hills. The new shop has a cafe and they're from Melbourne so the coffee should be good: I'm looking forward to visiting.
jackcycles 1 day ago
@chrisonabike Mercedes was acceptable, but the second one (old Toyota people carrier/ex-taxi) was a prosecutable offence.
Rendel Harris 1 day ago
I wasn't saying that nor talking about people who say that. I said it was silly to claim that wearing a helmet indicates acceptance of dangerous driving and poor infrastructure. I choose to wear a helmet; I also regularly report dangerous driving to the police and correspond with councils and road authorities about ways infrastructure could be improved for cyclists. I rather doubt I'm the only helmet wearer who does so.
10 thoughts on “Fell out of the gumtree”
Gotta love that aero brake
Gotta love that aero brake mount – not sure how it would benefit a bike such as this but hey, each to their own!
Thank’s how all the kids roll
Thank’s how all the kids roll round here. It give the bike awesome handling.
Don’t often see a bike on
Don’t often see a bike on Gumtree with both wheels. Although I’m sure there’s a Perfectly Reasonable Explanation for the ones that have the front wheel missing 😕
didn’t we see that at
didn’t we see that at Eurobike?
I see this so many times,
I see this so many times, commuting… forks back to front, genius! I even stopped one lady to explain, wish I hadn’t!
Flo K
Flo K wrote:I see this so
Yep, done the same to a father and son once as the kid’s bike looked like a crash waiting to happen. The father gave me a mouthful of abuse for being nosey. I am guessing he built it up for his son and ‘knew what he was doing!’
Do those forks make Endos
Do those forks make Endos easier to pull off?
track geometries, hmm… like
track geometries, hmm… like training bra for your first fixie. I would imagine.. ah hem..
We see kids turning up for
We see kids turning up for Bikeability training with bikes built like this all the time.
yeah we do indeed…the usual
yeah we do indeed…the usual “but I got it brand new from asda, tesco, jjb, halford etc etc…and I/They built it up properly, you dont have an f-ing clue” come along with it when we say, erm, this bike is going to cause your child to get injured.